B.C. News

SURREY, B.C. — A group opposing the planned transition from the RCMP to a municipal police force in Surrey, B.C., says it has collected close to 43,000 signatures from residents calling for a referendum on policing in the city.

“A decision this big, this expensive and this controversial needs to go to the people."

VANCOUVER — Relentless rain has caused mud and rock slides in several locations in southern B.C., displacing some residents and prompting highway closures.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Members of the Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation near Kamloops, B.C., have re-elected Rosanne Casimir to another three-year term as chief.

Drivers beware!

VANCOUVER — Police are investigating after a 59-year-old man was struck and killed in East Vancouver Saturday night. It is the city's ninth pedestrian death and the 18th collision-related fatality of the year.

Vancouver Police are investigating the city’s 18th pedestrian fatality of the year. They say a 59-year-old man was hit by a car in East Vancouver Saturday evening and was later pronounced dead in hospital.

VICTORIA — British Columbia has reported 992 new cases of COVID-19 diagnosed over the last two days and 23 more deaths, raising the death toll in the province to 2,257. The Health Ministry says 4,265 infections are active across B.C.

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — The British Columbia Milk Marketing Board says it has reinstated the dairy licence of a Fraser Valley farm with mandatory conditions after an investigation found violations of the code for the care and handling of dairy cattle.

In some cases, severe illness may occur from a salmonella infection and hospitalization may be required.